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River Flood Advisory 48, NWS Nashville, TN

May 1, 2011Hickman County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood advisory at May 1, 2011, 9:01 PM CDT for Hickman County, Tennessee. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 1, 2011, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2011, 4:27 AM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN

County Hickman County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Duck River at Centerville (CNVT1).

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03601990, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood advisory went out at May 1, 8:54 PM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 8:54 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 5:25 AM CDT, 15 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
525 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-021030-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
525 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

EXPECT ONE ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL...TO AFFECT THE MID STATE THIS MORNING...WITH
ANOTHER ROUND EXPECTED TO MOVE IN TONIGHT. WITH EACH PERIOD OF
HEAVY RAIN...THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL INCREASE.
THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE NORTHWEST...WHERE A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON MONDAY.
A LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES LATE MONDAY
AND TUESDAY. THESE FACTORS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE ENTIRE MID STATE LATE MONDAY THROUGH MUCH OF
TUESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE A CONCERN...ESPECIALLY
OVER THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES WERE CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST PRIMED
FOR FLOODING. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WX IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NASHVILLE.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 1, 3:06 PM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
306 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011

TNZ005-012030-
STEWART-
306 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN STEWART COUNTY...

AT 300 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MURRAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.

HEAVY RAINFALL AND WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

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Special weather statement, May 1, 5:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Perry, Wayne	36 min
May 2, 4:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Wayne	23 min
May 2, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne	26 min
May 2, 4:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Lewis, Wayne	33 min
May 2, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Perry	32 min
May 2, 5:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	28 min
May 2, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Lewis, Maury	30 min
May 2, 5:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Maury, Williamson	27 min
May 2, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Maury	9 min
May 2, 6:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Maury	34 min

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Tennessee, 2011 Every river flood advisory in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.